Rita Hamilton, DO
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · Dallas, TXNPI 1730197450
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
Almost everything reported here is food and beverage — 98.1% of the total across 38 separate payments, which is the pattern of a clinician who attends manufacturer presentations rather than one with a consulting arrangement. 11 manufacturers reported payments, led by Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc at 41.5% of the total.
Across 38 payments — averaging $30.63 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc$483
- AbbVie$178
- Lifeward, Inc.$165
- Merz North America, Inc.$139
- Medtronic$45
- Rochester Medical Corporation$37
- plus $117 from 5 others
Across 8 payments — averaging $7853.47 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Development America, Inc.$27K
- Vertex$25K
- Tanabe Pharma America, Inc.$11K
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,14198%
- Education$222%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc | 18 | $483 |
| AbbVie(2 entities) | 8 | $178 |
| Lifeward, Inc. | 1 | $165 |
| Merz North America, Inc. | 1 | $139 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $45 |
| Rochester Medical Corporation | 2 | $37 |
| Coloplast | 2 | $35 |
| Ossur Americas, Inc. | 1 | $27 |
| 180 Medical, Inc. | 1 | $22 |
| Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC | 1 | $21 |
| Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC | 1 | $13 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$1,164 in reported general payments places this provider in the 75th percentile of 651 physical medicine & rehabilitation providers in Texas.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Hydrocodone-AcetaminophenHydrocodone/Acetaminophen | 345 | $19,069 |
| Baclofen | 370 | $11,183 |
| Gabapentin | 292 | $6,951 |
| Pregabalin | 130 | $4,091 |
| OxycontinOxycodone Hcl | 11 | $3,893 |
| Tizanidine Hcl | 147 | $2,709 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride | 41 | $1,413 |
| Alprazolam | 139 | $1,233 |
| Methenamine Hippurate | 18 | $1,222 |
| Oxycodone Hcl | 68 | $1,198 |
| Oxycodone-AcetaminophenOxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen | 34 | $1,166 |
| Fentanyl | 11 | $1,026 |
| Solifenacin Succinate | 20 | $982 |
| Oxybutynin Chloride ErOxybutynin Chloride | 28 | $927 |
| Midodrine Hcl | 20 | $876 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other physical medicine & rehabilitation in Dallas
- Gireesh ShardaDallas$172K
- Fatma GulDallas$21K
- Priya ChittaDallas$15K
- Nikesh PatelDallas$14K
- Surendra BarshikarDallas$11K
- Rinoo ShahDallas$7K
- Gerard FranciscoHouston$364K
- Jose UrquidezAustin$332K
- Suzanne ManziHouston$143K
- Cindy IvanhoeHouston$111K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.